Kenneth Markowitz advises leading public- and private-sector clients on the risks and opportunities associated with energy and climate regulation, policy and economic stimulus. Mr. Markowitz provides counsel on issues associated with clean technologies, emissions trading, greenhouse gas offsets, renewable fuels and energy efficiency.

Mr. Markowitz assists clients with policy development and advocacy before the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, other executive branch agencies, Congress, and international institutions. Mr. Markowitz actively participates in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations on issues including the Clean Development Mechanism and technology transfer on behalf of public and private sector clients.

Mr. Markowitz serves as the Deputy Director of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, the leading network of government officials from over 120 countries. Mr. Markowitz leads international initiatives among regulators, business and international organizations to strengthen compliance, improve investor confidence and ensure environmental integrity in the emissions trading systems and other climate change regulatory programs.

Mr. Markowitz previously served as a senior attorney at U.S. EPA, and in private practice as an environmental lawyer. Mr. Markowitz earned his B.B.A. in finance from Emory University in 1985 and his J.D. in 1989 from American University’s Washington College of Law. A frequent author and speaker, Mr. Markowitz serves on the adjunct faculty of the Washington College of Law; as a senior fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management; and as a co-chair of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Commission on Environmental Law’s specialist group on compliance and enforcement.